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1416

Overview

Penny A. Handford is affiliated with the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. Their research focuses on Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with significant contributions in Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, Cancer Research, Immunology and Allergy, and Genetics.

Their work addresses several topics, including:

  • Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation
  • Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases
  • Retinal Development and Disorders
  • Cellular transport and secretion
  • RNA Research and Splicing
  • RNA modifications and cancer
  • Muscle Physiology and Disorders

Recent publications by Penny A. Handford include:

  • "A form of muscular dystrophy associated with pathogenic variants in JAG2," 2021, The American Journal of Human Genetics
  • "The Notch Signaling Pathway: Mechanistic Insights in Health and Disease," 2023, Engineering
  • "A form of muscular dystrophy associated with pathogenic variants in JAG2," 2021, The American Journal of Human Genetics
  • "An N-glycan on the C2 domain of JAGGED1 is important for Notch activation," 2022, Science Signaling
  • "The conserved C2 phospholipid-binding domain in Delta contributes to robust Notch signalling," 2021, EMBO Reports

They frequently publish in the following venues:

  • The American Journal of Human Genetics
  • Engineering
  • EMBO Reports
  • Science Signaling
  • PLoS ONE

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Penny A. Handford include:

  • Yao Meng
  • Bogusława Korona
  • Richard J. Suckling
  • Steven Johnson
  • Susan M. Lea

Best Publications

  • Somatic mutant clones colonize the human esophagus with age

    Iñigo Martincorena;Joanna C. Fowler;Agnieszka Wabik;Andrew R. J. Lawson

  • Solution structure of a pair of calcium-binding epidermal growth factor-like domains: implications for the Marfan syndrome and other genetic disorders.

    A.K Downing;V Knott;J.M Werner;C.M Cardy

  • The molecular genetics of Marfan syndrome and related disorders

    Peter N. Robinson;E. Arteaga-Solis;C. Baldock;G. Collod-Béroud

  • The structure of a Ca(2+)-binding epidermal growth factor-like domain: its role in protein-protein interactions.

    Zihe Rao;P. Handford;M. Mayhew;V. Knott

  • Key residues involved in calcium-binding motifs in EGF-like domains.

    Handford Pa;Mayhew M;Baron M;Winship Pr;Winship Pr

  • A conserved face of the Jagged/Serrate DSL domain is involved in Notch trans -activation and cis -inhibition

    Jemima Cordle;Steven Johnson;Joyce Zi Yan Tay;Pietro Roversi

  • The role of beta-hydroxyaspartate and adjacent carboxylate residues in the first EGF domain of human factor IX.

    D. J. G. Rees;I. M. Jones;P. A. Handford;S. J. Walter

  • Mutations in Fibrillin-1 Cause Congenital Scleroderma: Stiff Skin Syndrome

    B. L. Loeys;B. L. Loeys;E. E. Gerber;D. Riegert-Johnson;S. Iqbal

  • CRB1 mutation spectrum in inherited retinal dystrophies.

    Anneke I. den Hollander;Jason Davis;Saskia D. van der Velde-Visser;Marijke N. Zonneveld

  • Notch receptor-ligand binding and activation: insights from molecular studies.

    Chandramouli R. Chillakuri;Devon Sheppard;Susan M. Lea;Penny A. Handford

  • The first EGF-like domain from human factor IX contains a high-affinity calcium binding site.

    P A Handford;M Baron;M Mayhew;A Willis

  • Mutations in the TGFβ Binding-Protein-Like Domain 5 of FBN1 Are Responsible for Acromicric and Geleophysic Dysplasias

    Carine Le Goff;Clémentine Mahaut;Lauren W Wang;Slimane Allali

  • Microfibrils, elastin fibres and collagen fibres in the human intervertebral disc and bovine tail disc.

    Jing Yu;Uday Tirlapur;Jeremy Fairbank;Penny Handford

  • Solution structure of the transforming growth factor beta-binding protein-like module, a domain associated with matrix fibrils.

    X Yuan;A K Downing;V Knott;P A Handford

  • The CD46-Jagged1 interaction is critical for human TH1 immunity

    Gaëlle Le Friec;Devon Sheppard;Pat Whiteman;Christian M. Karsten

  • CALCIUM BINDING PROPERTIES OF AN EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR-LIKE DOMAIN PAIR FROM HUMAN FIBRILLIN-1

    V Knott;A K Downing;C M Cardy;P Handford

  • Structural and functional properties of the human notch-1 ligand binding region.

    S Hambleton;N V Valeyev;A Muranyi;V Knott

  • Fibrillin: from domain structure to supramolecular assembly.

    P.A Handford;A.K Downing;D.P Reinhardt;L.Y Sakai

  • Allelic variation in normal human FBN1 expression in a family with Marfan syndrome: a potential modifier of phenotype?

    Sarah Hutchinson;Andre Furger;Dorothy Halliday;Daniel P. Judge

  • The Calcium Binding Properties and Molecular Organization of Epidermal Growth Factor-like Domains in Human Fibrillin-1

    P. Handford;A. K. Downing;Zihe Rao;D. R. Hewett

Frequent Co-Authors

Christina Redfield
Christina Redfield University of Oxford
Susan M. Lea
Susan M. Lea University of Oxford
George G. Brownlee
George G. Brownlee University of Oxford
Iain D. Campbell
Iain D. Campbell University of Oxford
Claudia Kemper
Claudia Kemper National Institutes of Health
Zihe Rao
Zihe Rao Tsinghua University
Simon N. Waddington
Simon N. Waddington University College London
Antony C. Willis
Antony C. Willis University of Oxford
Harry C. Dietz
Harry C. Dietz Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

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